[OHM] first cut at race track mapping

[Jeff Meyer]

Richard - I'm just catching up here - can you send links out to those
tracks?

I love the inclusion of Watkins Glen!

Thanks, Jeff


On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 7:24 AM, Richard Welty <rwelty at averillpark.net>
wrote:

> i added the following yesterday:
>
> three defunct ovals:
>
> Burden Lake Speedway (off Garner Road in Sand Lake, NY)
> Pine Bowl Speedway (off Snyders Corner Road in Sand Lake, NY)
> Route 66 Speedway (at junction of NY 351 and NY 66 in Averill Park, NY)
>
> these are easy as there are no objects in OSM that are related;
> highway=raceway
> with start and end dates.
>
> two road courses:
>
> Watkins Glen 1948-1952
> Watkins Glen 1953-1954
>
> These courses both used public roads many of which still exist, although
> some are no longer public. for the time being they don't reference the
> underlying roads in OSM. does OHM have a standard for referencing OSM
> objects? i know there are a couple of options out there.
>
> the third Watkins Glen road course will put a very fine point on this
> as it shares significant racing surface with the modern Glen road
> course.
>
> once i have an idea of how OSM references ought to be done, i'll look
> at a proposal for the wiki page.
>
> richard
>
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